Day 17

I learned today that we are not having the court hearing on Friday. Apparently we misunderstood Marsha and it may be as late as next Friday. We have to wait for some documents to come back from the SDA in Kiev. They will have the documents Friday and have been known to only take 2 days to process these documents so we could meet next Wednesday - unless the dates are already set. We will have to see. We went and visited Gela this morning. We are bonding well and are understanding each other more and more. Tonight we are signing the application for the courts and will be formally submitting their name change and petition for adoption - the judge has the final word. Tomorrow we hope to see Vicka. She is still at camp so at least she is enjoying herself. Boy do we love her smile. We are also home-sick. But at least the court document is signed and Marsha will ask the judge tomorrow if we can waive the 10 waiting period. Please pray. We are anxious to get home with our entire family and get adjusted. Thank you.